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<blockquote data-quote="oldschool" data-source="post: 816876" data-attributes="member: 71262">I believe the answer is it is more specific, as shown here:Can wildcards be used for whitelisting files and folders?<a href="https://hard-configurator.com/faq.html#can-wildcards-be-used-for-whitelisting-files-and-folders" target="_blank">#can-wildcards-be-used-for-whitelisting-files-and-folders</a>Yes, they can. Here are some examples, where the random characters are replaced by wildcards to whitelist the particular EXE file:Code:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">C:\Users\Alice\Fly2theMoon\App.1928327467-092837\setup_101989873.exe</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">C:\Users\Alice\Fly2theMoon\App.??????????-??????\setup_?????????.exe</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">C:\Users\Alice\Fly2theMoon\App.*\setup_?????????.exe</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">C:\Users\Alice\Fly2theMoon\App.*\setup_*.exe</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">C:\Users\Alice\Fly2theMoon\App.*\*</li>
</ul>Those rules (except the first) are correct, and the EXE file will be whitelisted even when the random numbers will change after some time. The last rule is most general, because it will whitelist many other files and folders, for example:C:\Users\Alice\Fly2theMoon\App.malware\virus.js</blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldschool, post: 816876, member: 71262"] I believe the answer is it is more specific, as shown here: [B]Can wildcards be used for whitelisting files and folders?[/B] [URL='https://hard-configurator.com/faq.html#can-wildcards-be-used-for-whitelisting-files-and-folders']#can-wildcards-be-used-for-whitelisting-files-and-folders[/URL] Yes, they can. Here are some examples, where the random characters are replaced by wildcards to whitelist the particular EXE file: Code: [LIST] [*]C:\Users\Alice\Fly2theMoon\App.1928327467-092837\setup_101989873.exe [*]C:\Users\Alice\Fly2theMoon\App.??????????-??????\setup_?????????.exe [*]C:\Users\Alice\Fly2theMoon\App.*\setup_?????????.exe [*]C:\Users\Alice\Fly2theMoon\App.*\setup_*.exe [*]C:\Users\Alice\Fly2theMoon\App.*\* [/LIST] Those rules (except the first) are correct, and the EXE file will be whitelisted even when the random numbers will change after some time. The last rule is most general, because it will whitelist many other files and folders, for example: C:\Users\Alice\Fly2theMoon\App.malware\virus.js [/QUOTE]

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